Adriaen Adriaensz Roothaes

Adriaen Adriaensz Roothaes (also Adriaan Roothaas) (before 16201672) was a Dutch captain, Commander of Galle, Ceylon, and acting Governor of Dutch Ceylon from November 1664 to April 1665. He became commander and captain of "hired ships" on the Mediterranean Sea and was so successful in 13 different expeditions that the Admiralty of Amsterdam awarded him in 1654 a golden chain and medal. Subsequently he captained the ship from Texel to Batavia, Dutch East Indies between 10 December 1654 and 19 June 1655. Presumably, he returned immediately with another fleet, as between 6 January and 19 June 1656 he was captain on the ship sailing from the Netherlands to Batavia.

In November 1656, he commanded a fleet sailing from Batavia via Ceylon to blockade the Portuguese ports on the coast of Malabar, in particular Goa. In August 1657, he again commanded such an expedition, aboard his old ship the Phoenix.